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Week of 20 April 2026

80 new roles this week across 27 companies; the biggest movers: OpenAI (+18), Mach Industries (+18), Anthropic (+10).

Research

  1. Member of Technical Staff (Research / Engineering)Ineffable Intelligence · Seed · London · 18 weeks ago Ineffable Intelligence is making first contact with superintelligence
  2. Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Anthropic · London · GBP 370,000–630,000/year · 18 weeks ago Develops Claude, an AI assistant, with research focused on AI safety and alignment
  3. Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Anthropic · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) · Remote · $500K–850K · 18 weeks ago
  4. Forward Deployed Engineer - LLM Post-trainingReflection AI · Series B · SF Bay Area · 18 weeks ago Builds open AI models that enable anyone to control and shape intelligent systems

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ML engineering

  1. Member of Technical Staff - ML PerformanceModal · Series C · New York · $200K–350K · 18 weeks ago Modal is a cloud-based serverless computing platform designed for data science and machine learning teams
  2. Performance Modeling Engineer ~2OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 18 weeks ago Develops AI systems including large language models like ChatGPT for research and commercial use
  3. Software Engineer - Voice AI (Inference Runtime)Baseten · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $165K–330K · 18 weeks ago Platform for deploying and serving machine learning models with high-performance inference at scale
  4. Performance Modeling EngineerOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 18 weeks ago
  5. Software Engineer, Inference - Performance OptimizationOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $295K–555K · 17 weeks ago

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Infrastructure

  1. Director, Compute & Infrastructure FP&AOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $234K–325K · 18 weeks ago
  2. COMSEC Manager (CRO) (TS//SCI)K2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $120K–180K · 18 weeks ago Builds high-power satellite buses designed for LEO, MEO, and GEO missions with 10x more power than constellati
  3. Member of Technical Staff — Reliability-CI InfrastructureRadixArk · Seed · SF Bay Area · $200K–400K · 18 weeks ago Builds open-source inference and training infrastructure systems for AI applications
  4. CPU/Storage/PoP-WAN Program ManagerOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $226K–285K · 18 weeks ago
  5. Data Center Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager (Network and Whitespace)OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $226K–285K · 18 weeks ago
  6. GPT Infra Technical Program ManagerOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $226K–285K · 18 weeks ago
  7. Performance Modeling LeadOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 18 weeks ago
  8. Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure & SimulationMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $165K–220K · 18 weeks ago Develops low-cost autonomous aerospace and defense systems including drones, munitions, and propulsion compone
  9. Software Engineer, PlatformMercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $130K–500K · 18 weeks ago Marketplace connecting domain experts with AI companies for task evaluation and model benchmarking
  10. Deployed Infrastructure EngineerSierra · Late Stage · SF Bay Area · $230K–390K · 18 weeks ago Conversational AI platform that deploys customized agents across chat, voice, email, and SMS for customer supp
  11. Infrastructure Security EngineerModal · Series C · New York · $150K–270K · 18 weeks ago
  12. Software Engineer, PlatformOpenRouter · Series A · Remote · $215K–285K · 18 weeks ago Unified API gateway providing access to 500+ AI models across 80+ providers with intelligent routing

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Software

  1. Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · 18 weeks ago AI-powered answer engine that provides conversational, source-backed responses to user queries
  2. Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Monetization)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $220K–405K · 18 weeks ago
  3. Sr. Member of Technical StaffWithCoverage · Series B · New York · $180K–275K · 17 weeks ago Digital platform for managing insurance policies, claims, and risk for CPG brands and growing businesses
  4. Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API)OpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 18 weeks ago
  5. Project Engineering Manager - HoustonMariana Minerals · Series B · Houston, TX · $100K–200K · 17 weeks ago Software-first developer and operator of critical mineral projects for energy, AI, and defense
  6. Senior Firmware Engineer, VehicleK2 Space · Series C · Los Angeles · $160K–220K · 18 weeks ago
  7. Anthropic Fellows Program, The Anthropic Institute (Economics & Policy)Anthropic · London · 17 weeks ago
  8. Software Engineer, Applied AIMercor · Series B · SF Bay Area · $130K–500K · 18 weeks ago
  9. Product EngineerCuspAI · Series B · London · 18 weeks ago Uses AI and molecular simulation to accelerate materials discovery for pharma, biotech, and clean energy
  10. Audio Engineering (Freelance)ElevenLabs · Series C · London · 17 weeks ago AI platform generating realistic speech, music, and sound effects across 70+ languages
  11. Compliance EngineerElevenLabs · Series C · New York · 18 weeks ago
  12. DFT EngineerFractile · Series B · Bristol · 18 weeks ago Builds specialized processors that fuse computation with memory to run large language models up to 25x faster
  13. Software Engineer, ProductOpenRouter · Series A · Remote · $215K–285K · 18 weeks ago
  14. Forward Deployed Engineer - SingaporeOpenAI · Singapore · 18 weeks ago
  15. Workload Porting & Performance EngineerOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $293K–385K · 18 weeks ago
  16. Autonomy and Robotics Software EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $125K–220K · 18 weeks ago
  17. Build EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $105K–180K · 18 weeks ago
  18. Composites Design EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $105K–180K · 17 weeks ago

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Hardware

  1. Construction Manager (Mechanical)xAI · Late Stage · Memphis, TN · 17 weeks ago Develops Grok, an AI platform offering reasoning, code, voice, image, and video capabilities through a unified
  2. Senior Electrical EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $160K–210K · 18 weeks ago
  3. 3P Silicon ArchitectOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $342K–555K · 18 weeks ago
  4. SOC ArchitectOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $266K–445K · 18 weeks ago
  5. Electrical EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $120K–155K · 18 weeks ago
  6. Mechanical EngineerMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $105K–180K · 17 weeks ago

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Product

  1. GRC Program Manager, US Government ComplianceOpenAI · Washington DC · $162K–310K · 18 weeks ago
  2. Product Manager (Builder)Perplexity · Series C · SF Bay Area · $230K–330K · 18 weeks ago

Go-to-market

  1. General Manager - GermanyElevenLabs · Series C · Germany · 18 weeks ago
  2. Technical Account ManagerCartesia · Series A · SF Bay Area · $220K–280K · 18 weeks ago Real-time speech and transcription models for voice agents with low-latency State Space Model architecture
  3. Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian SalesAnthropic · Washington DC · $380K–450K · 18 weeks ago
  4. Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian Sales - Commerce & InteriorAnthropic · Washington DC · $380K–450K · 18 weeks ago
  5. Enterprise Account Executive, Federal Civilian Sales - Transport & LandAnthropic · Washington DC · $380K–450K · 18 weeks ago
  6. Revenue Strategy & OperationsAnthropic · Seoul, KR · 17 weeks ago

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Operations

  1. EMEA Deal Strategy & Operations ManagerLangChain · Series B · London · 17 weeks ago Framework and platform for building, testing, deploying, and monitoring LLM-powered agents
  2. Workday Business Systems Analyst, People SystemsAnthropic · SF Bay Area · $270K · 18 weeks ago
  3. ControllerCrosby · Series B · New York City, NY · $185K–225K · 18 weeks ago AI-powered contract review for MSAs, DPAs, and NDAs with lawyer oversight and fixed pricing
  4. Founding HR LeaderPeriodic Labs · Seed · SF Bay Area · 17 weeks ago Builds AI scientists and autonomous laboratories to accelerate discovery in physical sciences

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Other

  1. Manager of Applied AI Architecture, Enterprise Tech (Cyber)Anthropic · New York · $315K–380K · 17 weeks ago
  2. Frontier AI Risks LeadOpenAI · SF Bay Area · $198K–320K · 18 weeks ago
  3. AerodynamicistMach Industries · Series C · Huntington Beach, CA · $110K–195K · 17 weeks ago

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